GRE Word List

CONSANGUINITY

the quality or state of being consanguineous

The meaning of the word consanguinity is the quality or state of being consanguineous.

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sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
retentivehaving the power, property, or capacity of retaining
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
assumptiona taking to or upon oneself
choicethe act of choosing : selection
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
slovenlyuntidy especially in personal appearance
adversaryone that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger